Case against a Brest foreman, accused over the death of a plasterer on a building site, sent to court

The Brest prosecutor's office has sent to court a criminal case against a 50-year-old works supervisor at one of the construction companies. It concerns the death of a worker on a building site: according to the prosecution, it happened because of a violation of safety rules.

The charge was brought under Part 2 of Article 303 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus — violation of construction safety rules resulting in a person's death through negligence.

The man is accused of violating safety rules, resulting in a person's death through negligence.

The Brest inter-district department of the Investigative Committee established the circumstances of the worker's death at the construction site, it became known on 15 October.

The investigation into the death of the 44-year-old plasterer was completed on 16 October, and on 28 October the case was handed over to the court.

According to the investigation, in November last year a crew was finishing the façade of a five-storey building at one of the construction sites in Brest. Two men were in the hoist cradle at the level of the fourth floor, while their 44-year-old colleague, a plasterer, was working below, by the wall.

According to the prosecution, when the two workers were lifted to the fourth floor with bricks, the permissible load on the hoist was exceeded. Its structures collapsed together with the people, but they were not injured.

The counterweights secured on the roof of the building fell on the plasterer, who was in the danger zone. He died.

According to the prosecution, the foreman was responsible for the safety of the work and, contrary to the law, ordered his subordinates to use a façade hoist that had not been properly accepted for operation.

As stated in the announcement that the case had been sent to court, these violations are in a direct causal link with the collapse of the hoist and the person's death. The date of the hearing has not yet been announced.